BFT++: Attack Tolerance in Hard Real-Time Systems - Cyber
Abstract
Statement of Work: The proposed research will develop the foundations, principles, and techniques for building attack-tolerant cyber physical systems. In particular, the PIs will develop a new system architecture that consists of operational nodes, monitoring nodes, and supervisor(s). They will develop software and system diversification techniques to ensure that an attack is detected early or it cannot compromise the majority of the operational nodes. Further, they will evaluate their design using a real-world drone vehicle system. Objective: The PIs will investigate, formalize and develop technologies for achieving cyber-attack resilient integrated control systems (such as SCADA, Navy’s shipboard HM&E systems). Approach: The proposed research will develop the foundations, principles, and techniques for building attack-tolerant cyber physical systems. In particular, the PIs will develop a new system architecture that consists of operational nodes, monitoring nodes, and supervisor(s). They will formally model the roles and requirements of these nodes, and develop the corresponding orchestration techniques to defend against attacks, e.g., detect failure of a node due to an attack, replace the compromised node with a back-up, and reconstitute it, all performed within the hard real-time requirement. They will develop software and system diversification techniques to ensure that an attack is detected early or it cannot compromise the majority of the operational nodes. Further, they will evaluate the efficacy of their research results using a real-world drone vehicle system. Overall Merit and ONR Mission/Relevance: The proposed research will produce new theories and algorithms for designing attack tolerance systems with high degree of availability and security. These results are essential to the design, implementation, operation, and security of cyber physical systems that are integral parts of Naval operations. The research will also produce the theoretical foundation, develop the systems and software principles, as well as demonstrate example systems. The research is targeted as an important component for providing cyber-attack-resiliency to Navy’s HM&E systems. The developed technologies will also be essential for enhancing cyber-attack-resiliency to many Navy’s integrated control systems infrastructures. A reliable and resilient integrated control system is essential to the success for Navy missions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512162
Entities
People
- Taesoo Kim
Organizations
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy